A multi-microprocessor approach to a high-speed and low-cost continuous-system simulation
Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Tatsuo Kimura, Yasuhiro Nara, Hideo Aiso · 1977
A high-speed continuous-system simulator of the multi-microprocessor configuration will be presented. This system is composed of simple microprocessor units and carries out highly parallel operations on a small task level. The processor unit is controlled by the microprogram and only performs basic operations such as integration, addition, and multiplication. The results of the performance evaluation show that the simulator can generate a sine-wave at 3.5 KHz with an accuracy of 0.1 percent. The simulator has a greater processing capability than a large digital computer system employing a high-level simulation language. The system presented here is also much less expensive than conventional digital simulators.